About the Game
The Buried Pillars from indie studio T.F.A.N.C.S. is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where the game's defining quirk is that every major enemy and boss is a "monster girl" character — fierce, alluring, and designed by an art team that clearly loves the niche. Underneath the aesthetic hook is a properly tight Metroidvania: fast-paced melee combat with parries and air dashes, a sprawling interconnected world map, and a steady drip of new abilities (double jump, wall cling, charged spells) that retroactively open earlier areas.
Pacing-wise, it's closer to Hollow Knight or Blasphemous than the slower exploration of older Castlevanias — combat is the moment-to-moment focus, and bosses hit hard enough that pattern memorization matters. Released March 2026; this build is 22444316.
Released with CSF + Goldberg, fully offline-playable. 83 MB installed (the entire game runs on hand-drawn sprite art at a tiny install footprint). Single-player only.
Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Minor fixes
-Adjusted the sensitivity of up/down input while using gamepad stick
-Fixed the bug where interacting while healing allows you to heal infinitely
-It shows an error screen if it fails to load the savefile now
-Fixed errors in the non-explicit version
-Fixed the issue where wall jump is inconsistent in a low fps environment
Added the even easier casual mode. You can lower damage you take in the casual mode even more from the option.
-Fixed the bug where you keep moving after respawning if you touch spikes while on a moving platform
We have Community Items (Trading cards, Badges, Emoji, Profile backgrounds) now!
-You can choose mouse buttons in keyboard controls now
-Fixed the issue that you can go outside of the map at the Structure
-Added the V-sync option
I've found a bug where sometimes if you're using a monitor with a high refresh rate, the game lags. If you encounter it, you can try changing the refresh rate of your monitor or the v-sync option. But I'm not sure if this solves it
-Fixed the issue that the area transition from the Structure to the Forest was wrong
-Fixed the bug where slime's attacks sometimes don't work
-Fixed the bug where screen shake effects remain after changing scenes
-In the casual mode, energy fills up faster
-Minor map adjustments
Current Release
Build 24857065
Uploaded Sep 17, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
TheBuriedPillars.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
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